El Al and American Airlines have agreed a codeshare on several of the Israeli airline's services to the USA. A letter of intent was signed in early April and the aim is to have the agreement working by 1 November.
Three weekly Tel Aviv-Newark flights and two weekly Chicago services will be codeshared.
Dov Koniak, El Al's commercial vice-president, says that the original plan was also to operate codeshared flights to New York Kennedy, but a gate shortage prevented implementation. The Israeli flag carrier had also held talks with Continental Airlines.
Source: Flight International
